Euro 96 - Was it actually any good or have I got rose tinted specs on about it?

[dholliday]

England demolishing the Dutch, then letting Kluivert score to deny the Scots their first 2nd round tournament appearance
England crying on pens again
ultra-likable czech team
Bierhoff supersub!

i liked the generally easy-going beered up culture, that was until Germany beat England again. in Hull a lot of the German cars were smashed up that night (how utterly stupid can a drunken yob be to do that??)


Based on pure football entertainment, I'd rank the Euros thus (World Cups are on another level for me, as they're more about so much more than just the football):


2004 (can't beat how Greece just kept putting away those 1-0's...superb underdog story)
2008 (action-packed entertainment, except the final, which was well depressing)
1996 (my nation won, and my host nation hosted...a lot of crap football but a really good tournament for me)
1992 (it hurts, but you have to respect Denmark's charge...almost Greece-levels of underdogness, except they had genuinely world-class players)
2000 (both my nations were ****e, dimly remember some good games in the knockouts)
2012 (forgotten it already..the tiki-taka backlash started in earnest here)

 

[flibbyflob]

Was great, highlight for me though was the opening day, was at Edgbaston watching Tendulkar get a brilliant ton as we laboured to a draw with Switzerland.

 

[Deleted member 28206]

It was probably the last time England had an actual summer as well.

This summer was decent Goat?

 

[flibbyflob]

As was 2003, year my eldest was born. Boiling hot that year.

 

[Allezfan]

2006 was the last proper hot summer, I worked nights the entire time and missed all of it.

Still bitter as hell about that.

 

[mawders]

Itala 90 was great. I had the sticker album....the huge one that came as a magazine over 20 weeks which you put in a big ring binder. I wish i knew where it went. I think Italia 90 and Euro 92 were probably the last tournaments of the "traditional era". Euro 96 was fun but england were not that good. In fact, we should have been knocked out before germany when spain had a good goal disallowed in extra time. I was pretty sick of the Venables love-in by then too

 

[Ballymoney1]

None of the media gave it much credit cos none of the home nations qualified but i always have fond memories of usa 94. I enjoyed sitting up wartching the late night games. Romario was in full flow and Baggio was outstanding in gettting the italians to the final.

 

[Goat]

This summer was decent Goat?

This Summer? We had like a week of sun.

Back in the day you would get months of the stuff.

 

[Deleted member 28206]

This Summer? We had like a week of sun.

Back in the day you would get months of the stuff.

Keep forgetting you're a woooool. Was quite warm for a while in Liverpool like.

 

[Goat]

Keep forgetting you're a woooool. Was quite warm for a while in Liverpool like.

That thread lasted just over a week Bry.

And im fairly sure we have the same weather Bry, im 5minutes away from the Mersey here lad, I can spit on the Liver buildings from my bedroom window.